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the weather smelled of springtime, the day was completely empty, and the cream sat untouched in the fridge – so we decided to make easily one of the easiest most delicious recipes EVER.

like, this is the kind of recipe your toddler can help you with. or that you can make dreary eyed early in the morning when the idea of making breakfast sounds near impossible. or when you have two clingy babies under the age of two who insist on being on your hip at all times… *ahem* 😉

so honesty time, i worked with what i had. i only had a pint of cream, so we halfed the entire recipe — it worked out well for us because it created four ramekins worth, which is more than enough for our tiny family of four. the recipe (originally found here) calls for lavender sprigs steeped, and i did not have any sprigs to steep. we did without. we also replaced the lime (which i didnt have on hand) with a bit more lemon – regardless of the adjustments, i think it turned out just fine!

bring cream and honey to boil in a medium saucepan, stirring until fully combined. boil for three minutes, continuing to stir.

remove from heat, and add in your citrus juice of choice (whether you decide to go the traditional route or replace like we did)

mix in lavender springs and steep for 10-20 minutes (here is where we simply sprinkled loose lavender overtop, allowing it to steep and simultaneously decorate 😉

cover in the fridge and chill for a minimum of two hours. we chose overnight, and i’m really glad that we did. those flavors! that lavender! the honey!

suggested eating with this scrumptious french treat is shortbread or a biscuit. personally, we ate the dang thing on its own in one sitting, big spoonful by big spoonful. i think fruit would be a nice addition as well. perhaps layered with angel food cake? now i’m just being wistful. give it a try yourself and let me know what ways you altered or added to it! x

life IS full of little pleasures! one of them is the many travels with my husband and best friend ; ) We are always on the go- thinking of our newest adventure we could go on. and one of our favorite things about traveling is the drive! This past week, we drove to Montreal – driving all through New York with amazing views, as well as enjoying old Montreal during their snow season. And did I mention the amount of French I heard? or how about the amount of macarons we ate?

we booked our hotel through Groupon a few months back when we decided to make the trip up here. It was even more cute then we had imagined it would be! upon walking in, there was a chalkboard sign asking for us to remove our shoes and put on house slippers. a note with our name on it was taped to the door with all the information we needed, as well as our room key. breakfast was refilled on our table every morning with the cutest mugs reading “happy” in french. we were smitten!

my absolute favorite part of our trip was going to Fuchsia Epicerie Fleur – everything in this cafe was flower based and beautiful. We quickly made friends with one of the two animals in the cafe. of course, we couldnt leave before buying a treat or two. We ended up buying rose biscuits and lavender sucre. walking out of the cafe and back to our car was quite the hike. It began to snow heavier and by the time we were back to our hotel we were soaked and giggling – ready for some maple tea ; )

Our last day we spent in the city of Montreal, which we honestly really didnt like. It was much like New York, and positively freezing. During our time there, we got to stop at an Anthropologie, which was great because i’m positively addicted (I aim to go to one in each state/country we go to). And how fun to be able to go to such a french store, being surrounding by the culture and the language itself? It was just a dream.

..and then we forgot where we parked. haha! a frustrating experience in the cold, but in retrospect, it was a bit of fun ; )